Natasha explains what the brains of three to five year-olds do when they read a picture book. Their neurons do a kind of brain gym that develops their ability to experience things from other people’s perspectives..

This is because, at this age, children are acquiring a theory-of-mind – an understanding that other people have thoughts, beliefs, and desires that may be different from their own.

Recently, K-Lytics.com, a site devoted to tracking eBook trends, found a major jump in the number of children’s eBooks being published and sold on Amazon. They point specifically to the introduction of Kindle Kids Book Creator as the cause!